Projector



B. M. BODDE Dec. 14, 1943.

PROJECTOR Filed Aug. 5, 1940 Patented ec. 14, 1943 PRQJECTOR Bernard M. Bodde, Hollywood, Calif., assignor to Movie Screen Wood, Hollywood, Calif aware Advertising Company of Hollya corporation of Delilpplication August 3, 1940, Serial No. 350,259

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a projector and particularly to a projector for projecting pictures from photographic slides or plates.

It has heretofore been proposed to mount a pluraiity of slide carriers on an endless belt, and move the belt step by step in order to bring each slide into projecting position, one at a time.

An object of the invention is to simplify and improve the driving mechanism for the slides.

For further details of the invention, reference may be made to the drawing wherein Fig. l is a front elevation, with parts broken away, of a slide projector according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the stepping mechanism, the section being taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the lamp house l contains a projection lamp 2 supported on rods 3. The lamp house l is carried by a shelf or support #i supported by a brace 5 above the base lll on which the projector casing 9 is mounted. Lamp 22 is provided with one or more condenser lenses 5 in a housing l to project a beam of light on a slide l2. The slide l2 is a photographic slide-that is, it has a picture in black and white or color. The illuminated picture on the slide i 2 is focused onto a screen not shown, by means of an objective lens 8.

The projecting slides l2 are held in slide carriers such as l2. The slide carriers l 2 are mounted in spaced relation on an endless belt ll having hinged sections as shown in Fig. 3 as well known in the art. The belt Il is traversed one hinge section at a time by means of the shaft I3 having a square section it, each side of the square being of substantially the same width as one of the sections of the belt, Il. The shaft i3 is round at its outer end as shown at l5 where it is supported by a bearing ia' in the framework utside of the bearing i6 and on the round shaft portion is arranged a spool Il which forms one element of a Geneva movement. Spool i? has spaced franges i3 and i9 between which are arranged four spaced rollers 2li, which are in vertical alignment with the periphery of the disc Projecting inwardly from flange i9 are four projections 2i which are interspaced with the rollers Z5. Disc 2?. is provided with a notch into which one of the rollers 2U is adapted to enter when the spool Il is rotated one step through the arm 2li acting on one of the projections Ei.

With the parts as shown in Fig. 2, the periphery of the disc 22 engages two adjacent rollers 2i) to lock the slide carrier I2 in vertical position. The slide carrier l2 remains in that vertical position until disc 22 rotates counter-clockwise to rotate shaft I3 one quarter turn and bring the next slide carrier l2 into vertical or projecting position.

As the angle subtended from the center of disc 22 to the notch 2S and arm 2li is very small in proportion to 360, it will be apparent that the time of change-over from one slide to the next is very small in proportion to the time that each slide remains in projecting position.

Disc 22 is mounted on a slow speed shaft 25 which is connected through suitable reduction gearing 2S to the motor 27. Reduction gearing 25 is mounted on and carried by the motor 2l, this type of motor being well known. 'I'he speed ratio of the armature of motor 27 to the shaft 25 for example, may be of the order of thirty to one.

lViotor 27 is mounted on the support or casting which is suitably secured to the framework 33.

In circuit with motor 2 I provide a rheostat 29 having a control knob @il which may be operated to vary the speed of the motor and thereby vary the frequency with which the slides i2 are brought into projecting position. Motor 2l may be energized from a suitable power line 32 having a control switch 3l, and lamp 2 may be provided with a power line and with a blower not shown.

Endless belt i l is supported at its lower end not shown, by a suitable shaft as is well known.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have provided a step by step movement il, 23, 2li, which directly couples the driving shaft 225 of the motor 2l to the driven shaft I3 which carries the belt l l and the slide carriers l2. This direct connection is positive in its action and has numerous advantages over a certain prior arrangement wherein a spring is twisted under tension to effect movement of the slides. Certain of these advantages have been outlined above and another one is that the present apparatus is more compact through arranging the shaft 25 parallel to the shaft IS, with the stepping mechanism i?, 23, 2t connected to these two shafts.

It will be apparent that various modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit of the following claim.

I claim:

A projector comprising a slide carrier shaft terminating in spool having a circular array of spaced rollers andV nterspaced projections, a slow speed motor shaft terminating in a. disc having a notch to receive said rollers in sequence and having a striker arm to engage said projections in sequence to turn said slide carrier shaft, and independent means to support said shafts in parallel relation With said spool in operative relation to said dise and with tWo adjacent ones of said rollers in engagement with the periphery of said disc While said spool is not rotated by said striker arm, to hold said slide carrier stationary a-t such times, said independent means comprising a bearing for said slide carrier shaft, and an independent motor support, a motor mounted on said motor support, and means supporting said slow speed motor shaft on and coupled to said motor.

BERNARD M. BODDE. 

